Women, Peace & Security
Peacebuilding and women’s leadership are WPP’s institutional anchor.
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Our Work
Our Work
WPP organises its mandate around four strategic pillars and ten strategic objectives, working across the Humanitarian–Development–Peace Nexus.
Our Areas of Work
WPP organises its broad mandate around four mutually reinforcing strategic pillars: (1) Women, Peace and Security & Peacebuilding; (2) Protection, Rights & Community Resilience; (3) Humanitarian Response, Food Security & Resilient Livelihoods; and (4) Climate-Resilient Basic Services. Governance, localisation, institutional capacity and community participation are cross-cutting enablers across all four pillars.
Women’s leadership & participation
Increase meaningful participation and leadership of women and girls in peacebuilding, governance, decision-making and community development.
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Peacebuilding, reconciliation & social cohesion
Prevent conflict, strengthen mediation and dialogue, and build trust and peaceful coexistence across diverse communities.
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Protection, rights & gender equality
Protect vulnerable people and advance human rights, gender equality, safeguarding and social justice.
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Provide timely, accountable assistance while strengthening recovery, preparedness and community resilience.
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Livelihoods, food security & economic empowerment
Strengthen income, self-reliance and food security through enterprise, skills, agriculture and climate-smart livelihoods.
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Support equitable access to WASH, health, nutrition, education and psychosocial support.
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Promote accountable institutions, citizen engagement, transparency and inclusive local decision-making.
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Advance climate adaptation, sustainable natural resource management and ecosystem protection.
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Strengthen local institutions, women’s networks, youth groups and community structures.
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Build equitable partnerships that reinforce locally led action, learning and sustainable impact.
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Working Across the Nexus
WPP’s programming recognises that humanitarian need, displacement, weak systems, climate shocks and unresolved conflict reinforce one another. The organisation therefore designs interventions so that emergency support protects life and dignity, development and durable-solutions investments strengthen systems, tenure security and livelihoods, and peacebuilding reduces the tensions that can undermine recovery, return, local integration and social cohesion.
- HumanitarianEmergency support protects life and dignity.
- DevelopmentDevelopment and durable-solutions investments strengthen systems, tenure security and livelihoods.
- PeacePeacebuilding reduces the tensions that can undermine recovery, return, local integration and social cohesion.
| Sector | Humanitarian | Development / resilience | Peace / cohesion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protection / HLP | Emergency protection, referrals, cash-linked protection and support to displaced households. | Community protection mechanisms, legal awareness, HLP support and stronger referral pathways. | Mediation around land, return, eviction and host–IDP tensions; women’s participation in dispute resolution. |
| Livelihoods & food security | MPCA/CVA, emergency livelihood inputs and recovery support. | VSLAs, enterprise, skills, climate-smart agriculture, livestock and market linkages. | Joint economic interests, conflict-sensitive targeting and negotiated access to productive resources. |
| WASH / climate | Emergency water, hygiene and sanitation support. | Rehabilitation, community management, climate adaptation and sustainable natural-resource management. | Inclusive resource committees, negotiated water access and local dispute-resolution mechanisms. |
| Governance | Community feedback and coordination during response. | Civic participation, institutional capacity and social accountability. | Women’s representation, dialogue, reconciliation and stronger local legitimacy. |
| Health & nutrition | Community health, nutrition awareness, screening/referral and emergency public-health support. | Community systems, prevention, maternal/child health promotion and stronger local linkages. | Shared services as neutral entry points for cooperation and social cohesion. |
Protection / HLP
- Humanitarian
- Emergency protection, referrals, cash-linked protection and support to displaced households.
- Development / resilience
- Community protection mechanisms, legal awareness, HLP support and stronger referral pathways.
- Peace / cohesion
- Mediation around land, return, eviction and host–IDP tensions; women’s participation in dispute resolution.
Livelihoods & food security
- Humanitarian
- MPCA/CVA, emergency livelihood inputs and recovery support.
- Development / resilience
- VSLAs, enterprise, skills, climate-smart agriculture, livestock and market linkages.
- Peace / cohesion
- Joint economic interests, conflict-sensitive targeting and negotiated access to productive resources.
WASH / climate
- Humanitarian
- Emergency water, hygiene and sanitation support.
- Development / resilience
- Rehabilitation, community management, climate adaptation and sustainable natural-resource management.
- Peace / cohesion
- Inclusive resource committees, negotiated water access and local dispute-resolution mechanisms.
Governance
- Humanitarian
- Community feedback and coordination during response.
- Development / resilience
- Civic participation, institutional capacity and social accountability.
- Peace / cohesion
- Women’s representation, dialogue, reconciliation and stronger local legitimacy.
Health & nutrition
- Humanitarian
- Community health, nutrition awareness, screening/referral and emergency public-health support.
- Development / resilience
- Community systems, prevention, maternal/child health promotion and stronger local linkages.
- Peace / cohesion
- Shared services as neutral entry points for cooperation and social cohesion.